Delaware Senate Bill 228

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Passed on July 17 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-07-17 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines that attach at some location other than the pistol grip. This exception permits such a characteristic in the limited circumstance of using a rimfire pistol for competitive shooting or for practice shooting in preparation for competitive shooting. The characteristic is still prohibited outright for any centerfire pistols.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Semiautomatic Pistols.

Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Shannon Morris [R]	Rep. Jesse Vanderwende [R]

2024-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-05-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-07-17		Signed by Governor
2024-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-06-27		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2024-06-06		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2024-05-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-05-22		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2024-05-14		Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 228, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

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